Monthly Archives: March 2007

Happy 105th Birthday Mrs. Astor

Posted on 30 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Brooke Astor turns 105 today.

Brooke has had an exciting year.  She has lived through an “elder abuse controversy… Continue reading →

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New Hampshire: Making Perfume in 1862

Posted on 28 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

FOR THE LADIES. To Obtain and Preserve the Perfume of Flowers.–Did it ever occur to the reader to inquire whence … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Glossary: Beekeeper

Posted on 26 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Ye insects all, that fly or creep,
  Assist my doleful ditty,
The fat of Bee defunct to weep,
  … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire: Does a Cellar Grow Up to Become a Basement?

Posted on 24 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Pronounced “Sell-LAH” in New Hampshire, the cellar is becoming a rare find. Oh, it was different in the earliest days … Continue reading →

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Dunbarton New Hampshire’s Statistician, Educator, Economist, U.S. Commissioner of Labor: Carroll Davidson Wright, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D. (1840-1909)

Posted on 22 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Carroll Davidson Wright, was born in Dunbarton NH, in 1840, the son of a Universalist minister.

From lowly means he … Continue reading →

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